Daily Devotional Based on the Spiritual Classic He and I

Are you living for Me? Do you love Me enough to desire Me alone? Don’t look upon money as an end to itself but as a means of procuring My glory. Try to serve Me no matter what you are doing, just as I served you by every manner and means in My life on earth. Act with Me as if I were near your eyes, near your heart. And am I not? Then be near Me not only in My outward life, but seek Me also in My inward life turned toward My Father: in the perpetual offering of Myself for you all, in all that I did to make amends for you, in My moments of silence imbued with love, in My humble surrender as Man-God before God My Father. (July 10, 1947).

15 And he said to them, “Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” (Luke 12:15).

23 Whatever your task, work heartily, as serving the Lord and not men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you are serving the Lord Christ.  (Colossians 3:23-24).

38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me; (John 6:38).

O Lord it is so easy to get caught up in the stress and anxiety of every day- worried about money perhaps or family problems or health and not trusting Your Providence. Because all of our circumstances are the means to procure Your Glory when united to You! You came to serve and not be served (Matthew 20:28) and You expect the same from us. To work at each task as if serving You! You ask us not only to imitate Your example but to surrender to Your Will just as You surrendered to Your Heavenly Father. You perpetually offered Yourself for all and fully united to Your Most Holy Divine Will we can do the same praying for all past, present, and future! So let us desire You alone and let You work in our working today! We love You Lord!